T. R. Brown.
Mr. Willis.
The Devonshire Collection.—In reply to the inquiry of Mr. Willis's correspondent, "A Young Numismatist," ("Current Notes" for December, p. 95), he is informed that the Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Coins was sold by auction a few years ago, and produced a very inconsiderable sum, to the surprise of everybody. This was accounted for by the manner in which the Coins were catalogued. It was well known as "The Devonshire Collection."
S. H. H.
Discovery of the Tomb of St. Berichert, or, Berechtune.—Mr. Windele the local historian of Cork, has circulated among his friends a Lithographic drawing of this very interesting monument, which he found at Tullilease, a small hamlet on the border of the Counties of Cork and Limerick, within a mile of Dromcolleher. The tomb is a much more highly ornate specimen of an ancient cross than any of those engraved in Dr. Petrie's work on the Round Towers of Ireland. At Tullilease there are the ruins of an old Romanesque church, which was dedicated to St. Berichert or Berihert, a Saxon, whose name is now Anglicised into Benjamin, and whose death is recorded at A.D. 839, in the Four Masters. The Legend on the stone is in Latin, (but very sorry Latin), and in the Irish character. It reads, "QUICUNQUE (for æ) HUNC TITULUM LEGERIT ORAT (for orate or oret) PRO BERECHTUNE." On the upper part of the stone, in one corner, are the letters pp̅ or pps̅.
Richard III.
January 10th, 1852.